Immigrating to the UK

[AstroTurf]

Oh you are, just not missing much not living in london. Expensive rat race with no sky or space.

Some photos of a church she walked through yesterday.

 

[AdrianH]

Took this the other evening

 

[Sinbad]

Some photos of a church she walked through yesterday.

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[The Voice]

Went there for 4 days last year with the wife, was a lovely trip but really expensive. I'd definitely recommend doing it every now and then tbh.

Yeah, nice for a visit, but not to live. Unless overpriced city living is your kind of thing, obviously.

 

[xcaliber]

Exhibit A.

Did I complain? Or is the skin that fragile from the cold.

People complaining about complaining about UK when in fact you are complaining about SA when those complaints can be levied against the UK as well.

 

[Sideshow Bob]

To be fair the UK is ****, its filled with Saffas.

Really that many? Apart from occasional nurse in NHS bi*ching about ANCfied & violent SA, I didn't really hear about seffricans from my extended family. It is always some nurse though..

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Well

- Water is about to collapse from being full of ****
- Electricity is over priced like hell
- lol, current government stole more than Zuma ever could and destroyed more that it makes him blush.
- A rising unemployment.

They do it in a very elegant & sophisticated manner though. Give credit where credit is due. And no silly enquiries or commissions on jobs for pals / PPE scandals that happened mainly in covid period.

 

[EADC]

Really that many? Apart from occasional nurse in NHS bi*ching about ANCfied & violent SA, I didn't really hear about seffricans from my extended family. It is always some nurse though..

I really don't know, doesn't the UK have the most Saffa expats?

Sometimes you read between the lines an its the saffas I try to avoid.

 

[Paul Kemp]

Did I complain? Or is the skin that fragile from the cold.

People complaining about complaining about UK when in fact you are complaining about SA when those complaints can be levied against the UK as well.

I can see why the Germans grew tired of you.

 

[AdrianH]

Really that many? Apart from occasional nurse in NHS bi*ching about ANCfied & violent SA, I didn't really hear about seffricans from my extended family. It is always some nurse though..

I hardly meet Saffas either.

Maybe they actively avoiding me

 

[Paul Kemp]

Really that many? Apart from occasional nurse in NHS bi*ching about ANCfied & violent SA, I didn't really hear about seffricans from my extended family. It is always some nurse though..

I work with a few, as does the missus. Not nurses, souf effricans. Still a minority compared to other foreigners. Much more variety over here compared to the typical South African 4-pack.

 

[Sideshow Bob]

I really don't know, doesn't the UK have the most Saffa expats?

Sometimes you read between the lines an its the saffas I try to avoid.

maybe most saffas try to hide SA origin by acquiring one of the "posh" accents in UK ? I don't know.

 

[AdrianH]

maybe most saffas try to hide SA origin by acquiring one of the "posh" accents in UK ? I don't know.

I can hear Saffas from 1.6 KMs away, their fake accents can't fool me

 

[The Voice]

They do it in a very elegant & sophisticated manner though. Give credit where credit is due. And no silly enquiries or commissions on jobs for pals / PPE scandals that happened mainly in covid period.

Just remember it still happens so rarely it’s a scandal. In SA, it’s just a Wednesday.

 

[The Voice]

I hardly meet Saffas either.

Maybe they actively avoiding me

We’re scattered all over the UK. Unless, of course, you live here or anywhere near it:

In which case, it’s wise to NOT talk kak about people in the street in Afrikaans.

 

[Tman*]

We’re scattered all over the UK. Unless, of course, you live here or anywhere near it:

In which case, it’s wise to NOT talk kak about people in the street in Afrikaans.

Ah yes. Wimbledon-fontein

 

[Tman*]

More importantly, what a glorious day. Ons gaan nou braai.

I got overly excited and cycled from Guildford for Brighton on the Downs Link. Was quite epic but my arse is broken from the saddle.

 

[Sinbad]

Ah yes. Wimbledon-fontein

The real

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Just remember it still happens so rarely it’s a scandal. In SA, it’s just a Wednesday.

Of course but since that Gupta guy became chancellor of exchequer and now PM, I am sure you will agree that British moral standards have fallen since then.

 

[Messugga]

Mortgage application has been accepted so now it's time to spend money on solicitors and all the things. Just shy of R10m of debt coming right up. That's if the surveys don't find anything particularly disastrous. Oh, and apparently the fibre Internet where I'm buying is ****, so I'll probably have to get two providers, one for speed, one with FTTC for reliability.